Well the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball is in the draft, but settle in folks because we still have 49 more rounds tow go over the next two afternoons. This draft was said to be deep in pitching and the amount of pitchers taken in the first round proved that Monday evening. The results of the first round went as follows-
1. Pirates - Gerrit Cole RHP UCLA
2. Mariners- Danny Hutlzen LHP Virginia
3. Diamondbacks- Trevor Bauer RHP UCLA
4. Orioles- Dylan Bundy RHP Owasso HS (OK)
5. Royals- Bubba Starling OF Gardner-Edgerton HS (KS)
6. Nationals- Anthony Rendon 3B Rice
7. Diamondbacks- Archie Bradley RHP Broken Arrow HS (OK)
8. Indians- Francisco Lindor SS Montverde Academy HS (FL)
9. Cubs- Javier Baez SS Arlington Country Day School HS (FL)
10. Padres- Cory Spangenberg 2B Indian River State
11. Astros- George Springer OF Connecticut
12. Brewers- Taylor Junggman RHP Texas
13. Mets- Brandon Nimmo OF Cheyenne East HS (WY)
14. Marlins- Jose Fernandez RHP Braulio Alonso HS (FL)
15. Brewers- Jed Bradley LHP Georgia Tech
16. Dodgers- Chris Reed LHP Stanford
17. Angels- C.J. Cron 1B Utah
18. Athletics- Sonny Gray RHP Vanderbilt
19. Red Sox- Matt Barnes RHP Connecticut
20. Rockies- Taylor Anderson LHP Oregon
21. Blue Jays- Tyler Beede RHP Lawrence Academy HS (MA)
22. Cardinals- Kolten Wang 2B Hawaii
23. Nationals- Alex Meyer RHP Kentucky
24. Rays- Taylor Guerrieri RHP Spring Valley HS (SC)
25. Padres- Joe Ross RHP Bishop O'Dowd HS (CA)
26. Red Sox- Blake Swihart C Cleveland HS (NM)
27. Reds- Robert Stephenson RHP Alhambra HS (CA)
28. Braves- Sean Gilmartin RHP Florida State
29. Giants- Joe Panik SS St John's
30. Twins- Levi Michael SS North Carolina
31. Rays- Mike Mahtook OF LSU
32. Rays- Jake Hager SS Sierra Vista HS (NV)
33. Rangers- Kevin Matthews LHP Richmond Hill HS (GA)